In the age of Brexit and Donald Trump, the alt-Right has gained significant popularity, characterised by a rhetoric of discrimination and "hate speech". This book examines why the politics of hate and ideologies of the far-right are on the rise and argues that to counter it we must challenge the sense of social and economic precarity this politics feeds off.
Hate in Precarious Times examines five distinct types of precarity, which cover topics such as threats of apocalyptic terrorism; policies of austerity, and low-waged, insecure jobs in the wake of the Financial Crisis; challenges to privilege; and disinformation in a "post-truth" age. Neal Curtis, in this study, seeks the root of what causes ordinary people to identify with alt-right ideologies and asks what can be done to counter the conditions underpinning this.
